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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Construction
- Tuning
- Uses
- Spelling and pronunciation
- Surviving ''archicembali''
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|250px|Reproduction of the archicembalo
The archicembalo (or arcicembalo, ) was a musical instrument described by Nicola Vicentino in 1555. This was a harpsichord built with many extra keys and strings, enabling experimentation in microtonality and just intonation.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Archicembalo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.